Coexist Wins 3 More Interactive Awards
The Coexist crew always enjoys the chance to celebrate breakthrough interactive designs with our peers and late last week we got to catch up with our local counterparts as the CSCA (Columbus Society of Communicating Arts) held their annual 2009 “Creative Best” Awards presentation. Coexist proudly accepted a grand total of 3 interactive awards over the course of the evening. And while we will always measure our projects’ absolute success based on pure ROI and impa

In The Process – SZD Giving Thanks
Looking back on a recently completed project is a good way to catalog the things you’ve just learned in the process. Seeing a project not only as a destination but as a journey is a good way to grow as a designer as well as a developer. This series of blog posts will be a sharing of the things that I’ve learned on projects here at coexist concentrating mostly on Flex and Flash development.

“Don’t Tell” Doesn’t Work on the Social Web
It was really interesting being a part of a brand communication fire-drill recently that was a direct result of the fundamental shift in how people interact and how we view “confidential” information. Dealing with sensitive information is something clients and agencies do every day. It’s taken seriously and given a touch of common sense is not a big deal. This week, our client realized that it’s a bit more challenging when dealing with “don’t tell” information that affects the people that were asked to keep it a secret. In this case, a merger announcement was made to a staff of 300+ people and they were asked to keep it

Total Immersion
Xbox Live launched an update yesterday, allowing their Gold subscribers to interact with Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM, and the Zune.net store. While the integration is not without its flaws, it’s still a welcomed update that opens many doors. Coupled with last years update which allows subscribers to stream any Netflix Watch Instantly movie through their console, the Xbox 360 now serves as a pretty robust piece of e

Kick Start
You really can’t beat a Midwest Indian Summer Weekend. The icing on the cake is the opportunity to fire up the Stella for a rare romp among the Fall foliage without the usual compliment of deep freeze winter gear. A relaxing ride quickly turns into routine errands, but it’s amazing how much more enjoyable a Target run is when you know that you get to take the long way home with two fists in the wind - scooter style.